Re: Where are these passwords stored and how do I back them up?

From: chris@nospam.com
Date: 09/15/02 

From: chris@nospam.com
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 12:25:01 -0700

On Sun, 15 Sep 2002 10:06:09 +0100, Jeremy Clulow
<jeremy@websNOSPAMwonder.net> wrote:

>Hi Jem,
>
>|| I discovered that with these UNIX-like systems, many common
>|| administration procedures that require automation are quite simple and
>|| extremely well documented (decades of use, after all). You're also not
>|| forced to hunt around for quickly-obsoleted programs/protocols that are
>|| no longer supported or provided by Microsoft.
>
>Thanks for the help. My ISP - www.scl.net *are* LINUX zealots, and they
>are always singing its praises and poo-pooing Microsoft. I am sure you are
>correct about the benefits of change in respect of passwords. I think it
>would be a sledgehammer to crack an egg just to make password maintenance
>easier.
>
>I've been amazed that there is nothing I can find in the Microsoft
>Knowledge Base or in any of the newsgroups that I can find to answer the
>simple question "Where is the "autocomplete" password information stored?"
>
>If no-one knows where it is stored, it's not surprising that there are no
>apps around to help back up or restore the information.

They are kept by the 'MS Protected Storage Service'. Just don't ask
me where that stores passwords. I suspect the registry.

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